Protest sign along Peace River in north eastern BC. Photo: The Tyee by Justine Hunter, The Globe and Mail, Saturday, Dec 7 2013 On a warm, cloudless September afternoon in 1967, premier W.A.C. Bennett clambered into the cab of a 90-ton belly dump truck to spread the last load of fill on what was, at the time, one of the most ambitious and…Read More

Residents of Gabriola Island, near Nanaimo, B.C., are in the early stages of a plan to generate and distribute their own power, which could mean a break with Crown corporation BC Hydro. Michael Mehta, a Gabriola resident formerly involved with SaskPower, is leading the initiative to form an energy co-operative. He hopes to combine tidal, solar…Read More

September 19, 2014 This just in from Sharon Noble of the British Columbia organization Coalition To Stop Smart Meters. It pertains to a human rights complaint filed in 2012 by Citizens for Safe Technology against BC Hydro, on behalf of electrosensitive people. The BC Human Right Tribunal dismissed the complaint yesterday, September 18, 2014. …Read More